Phonographic doll.



W. BUTTER & R. S. ARTHUR PHONOGRAPHIC DOLL. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 19, 1913.

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Patented May 26, 1914.

PHONOGRAPHIG DOLL. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 19, 1913.

Patented May 26, 1914.

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W. ROTTER & R. s. ARTHUR.

W. BUTTER & R. S. ARTHUR. PHONOGRAPHIG DOLL.

APPLICATION TILED JUNE 19, 1913.

Patented May 26, 1914.

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w rr W. BUTTER & R. S. ARTHUR. PHONOGEAPHIG DOLL. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 19, 1913. 1,097,,7'7l. Patented May 26, 1914.

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WIT [M88581 I W. ROTT ER & R. s. ARTHUR. PHONOGRAPHIC DOLL.

.HPLIOATION FILED JUNE19 ,1913.

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WILLIAM ROTTER,

AND RICHARD S. ARTHUR, F

ARTHUR ASSIGNOR TO SAID'ROTTER NEWARK, NEW JERSEY; sArp PHONOGRAPHIC DOLL.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented May 26, 1914 Application filed June 19, 1913. Serial No. 774,509.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, VILLTAM Ro'r'rER and Riemann S. ARTHUR, citizens of the United *Statcs; residing at Newark, in the county of Es ex and State-of New Jersey, have invented certain Improvements in Phonographic Dolls, of which the following is a. specification.

The objects of this invention are to provide a doll in which sound reproducing apparatns is arranged so that the doll will ap near to talk; to obtain the issuance of sound arrange the parts of the apparatus so that to insert a record; to means for releasing the from the proper part of the dolls body; to

enable the sound reproducing apparatus .to

be conveniently operated and controlled, and records to be readily and easily changed; to

they will not be easily tampered with; to provide means for retaining the record drum in idle position to receive the thrust required feed nut from the thread bar when the record has been played;

to provide improved means for returning the record to its initial positioii'after having .-been played and the feed not removed; to provide means for positively removing the bar; to secure simplicity of construction and sapphirefromthe record during the return of the record'to initial position; to maintain the feed nut in true relation to the thread operation, and to obtain other advantages and results as may be brought out in the following description.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like nunierals of reference indicate the same parts throughout the several views,

' Figure 1 is a central sectional view through depressed; Fig.

a'doll, looking from the back toward the front of the same, and showing our improved mechanism mounted therein; Fig. 2 is a view of said mechanism from. the front with thedoll body removed; Fig. 3 is a top view of the same; Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 2, showing the operating lever partly 5 is a sectional view on line looking down; Fig. 6 is a Fig. 2 showing a modified construction with a detent for holding certain levers while the record is being played; Fig. 7 is a similar view showing said levers engaged by the detent; Fig. 8 is an elevation looking from the right hand side of Fig. 6; Fig. 9 is a-vertical sectional view taken on line B- B of Fig. 6; Fig. 10 is a perspective A- A of Fig. 4 view similar to section being s scribed, 'saidframe provide improved 'Sai'd cylindrical record 15'iis held upon a drum 1? =fixed on a vieivof the detent for retaining said levers; Fig 11 IS a perspective viewof the arm [for raising the r'eproducer'; Fig.-'12 is a perspecme view of thefeed nut and its attached brake; Fig.13 is a perspective view ofalcertaln'raising lei'er; and Fig'rlal: is a similar perspective viewof a locking lever. l

In the specific embodiment of the inven t on illustrated? in said drawings, therefor-p ence numeral 1 indicates the torso or body of, a doll, made up ofan upper section 2 carrying the arms 3, 3 and head 4, and a lower. j

5 carrying the legs 6, 6, said sections ecured togetherin any desired or wel1-known manner.

ing thevari'ous mechanisms hereinafter def comprising a bottom plate 8, a top plate 9 substantially parallel to the bottom plate and, a connecting 10 preferably perpendicular to the Stopand bottom plates. From I the free end of. the bottom plate 8 an extension 11 is turned up ward for a short distance substantially parallel to the side piecelq forpurposes here- 3 inafter described. v Said frame is supported 1n upright position within the upper section 2 of the doll body upona bed or filler block 12 in the lower section 5, a screw 13 be1ng,shown introduced centrally upward 35 from the bottom of the lower section through the filler and screwing into the bottom plate- 8 of the frame to clamp the several parts together. Any suitable means may be employed to prevent twisting of the frame on vthe filler, but as here shown said filler is re cessed to receive the bottom plate of the f frame. 1

The phonographic reproduction of sound is obtained by plate 9- coacting with a cylindrical record 15 therebeneath, and in order to issue the sound from the head 4 of the doll a horn 16 extends upward from the reproducer I through the neck ofthe doll into. the head.

frictionally thread-bar. r

18 slidably splined on a rotatable spindle 19. It is to be understood that said spindle is mounted intermediate of and substantially parallel to the upper and lower plates of the frameand extends from side to side of the doll. For so mounting the ."spindle, an axle 20 is rive-ted or otherwise firmly secured to the side piece 10 to project 1 10 Within the'said torso, 1' or body 1 is a strap metal frame 7'for carryside piece 7,5

a reproducer 14 on the top 95 f as - the same to produce the sound. .60

ducer comprises a circular heat merin I upwardly inward from its po ah al edge to an upwardly projecting gneck- O'i tegral therewith. Said neck 40 is e I mountedin a collar 41 carried bv tht, rplatetl pot the frame 7. saidcollar being;

Wardly of the frame, and extend longitudinally through the spindle. The axle is preferably the same length as the spindle and is suitably recessed at its free or outer end toreceive a screw 21, the head of which, together with an interposed washer 22, overlies. the end ofsaid .spindle to prevent longi tudinal displacement thereof. A ear-wheel 23'fast on the spindle 19 at its en adjacent the side piece of the frame, receives its rotary'movement through a suitable train of gearing from a spring shown within a casing 24 as is usual and customary in the art. This train of gearing preferably includes a overnor' comprising a rotating governor shaft 25 carrying a friction disk 26 adapted to he slid by the centrifugal action of weights as is usual in governors of the centrifugal expanding type. As the governor shaft 25 gains speed the friction disk 26 is thus brought into contact with a brake 28 supported from the bottom plate 8 of the frame and "which is held in adjustable relation to the normal position of the friction disk by means-of a screw 29 from the side piece 10 of the frame.- 'An approximately constant speed of rotation of the record is therefore provided, the rate of which can be adjusted as desired.

The feed nut 30 (see Figs. 5, 9 and 12) to coact with the thread bar 18 t record, consists of an arm Bl projecting forwardly across the thread bar from a' 1:41 on which said arm is pivotally mounted. as by a transverse hole 32 through itself. Said arm. is also hollowed or recessed at its under side intermediate of its ends, as at 34. and threaded for said hollowed or recessed-portion so that as the arm rests on the rotating thread b11118 said bar is fed longitudinally as .desiretl.,-lhe pivot .rod 3?? carrying the .feed nut is shown afiixed to the sidepiece 10 of the frame projecting inwardly therefrom substantially on a level with and parallel to the thread bar, and carrying upon itself spiral spring 35 fastened at its one end to the side piece and at its other end to exert a constant depressing force thereon. A depending brake arm sccured-tothe feed nut at its pivoted endby an offset 57 carries at'.its lower end a brake 38 adaptedto-engage the periphery of the friction disk 26 of the. governor when the feed nut is raised. thereby stopping the rotation of the several parts.

During the rotation and. c

'the rcproducer 14 above referred to engages Tl s repro- ,tc ml with 0 advance the resting upon the feed nut-30 onsequent ads vancement of the record. as above. described,

n fra me arid sufiicient ly 'ri'g this, Because of the swing sa d,

or secured to an au which extend clamping screws 44, 44 for adjustably securing sai auxiliary plate 42 to the top plate. The neck 40 of'the reproducer depends from the collar 41 through an enlarged slot in the top plate, said slot being open at the free end of said top plate so that the auxiliaryplate 42 may be removed with the reproducer. By virtue of this enlarged'slot 45 and the/screw slots 43 it will be obvious that the repr'oducer may be adjusted to any desired position.

Extending diametrically across the upper end of the collar 41 slidably supporting the reproducer is 'a bridge or plate 46 having at its center a tension adjusting screw 47 depending axially coincident into the collar 41 and provided with an annular lateral flange or shoulder 48 adjacent its lower en against which abuts a spring 49 for adjusting the tension on the diaphragm (not shown) within the reproducer. The neck 40 of the reproducer is provided with an undercut recess 50 into which fit fingers or ends of a yoke 51 for raising the reproducer as will be hereinafter described.

For controlling the feed nut 30 to raise or lower the same whereby the brake 38 is simultaneously applied or released, we provide a raising lever 52 having a tapered upper end 53 and pivoted in a bracket on thebottom plate 8 of the frame to swing transversely to the arm 31 of the feed nut 30. A locking lever 55 is shown mounted upon the same fulcrum-as thegraising lever and beside the samefsaid'locking lever being provided with a stepped upper end having amiddle elevation 56 over which the feed nut must be raised to place the same in its op- 10 erative position from the inoperative position or vice versa. A relatively shallow recess 57 is provided at the side of this elevation 56 away from .the record, in which the feed nut restand be maintained there- 11 by out of engagement with the thread bar, On the opposite side of the elevation 56, or, the side toward the record, is provided a relatively deep recess 58 so that the feed nut may drop lower and engage the threads 11 of the feed'bar. As it is desirable to support the p ute r end of t-lie f eed'nut, when in such. lowerdposition so that its threads mesh with those, of the feed bar, without excessive, pressure due to its depressing 12 spring 35', and asit is not practicable to obtain su'fiicient precision in the step on the locking. leverftodo this, we provide a rest 59 projecting fromthe side piece 10 of the id to accurately do 12 middle elevation 56 lever 55 itis impossible to ring lever from either of its '1 the feed nut-has been unti '1d elevation. As shown in Fig. 13

Y on the ,ldcking extreme pop lifted over l 2,'the feed nut is in the shallow recess 57 of this locking lever, and in order to get it into the other or deeper recess 58 the raising 1ever 52 is first swung as shown in Fig. 4, it being noted that the engagement of the tapered end 53 of said raising lever lifts the I feed nut above the elevationof the locking lever so that said locking lever can swing away from the record. :F or so operating the two levers 52 and 55, they have lower belicrank arms 60, 61, respectively, arranged side by side in the planes of the levers. A controlling lever 62 pivoted asat 63 to a bracket 64 on the bottom plate 8 of the frame has a finger piece 65- at its outer end .and has its inner end at one side .of said" arms 60, 61, substantially parallel thereto and closely adjacent to them. A transverse screw 66ror the like in said inner end of the 20, gages the sides of a slot-.67 in the raising. lever arm 60, (see Fig. 4),

controlling lever extends through-and enand also'projects through a wider slot 68in the locking lever arm 61, (see Fig. 1), so, that an initial move- ,ment of the controlling lever-is not transimmediately to said last-mentioned 'ar1n-61'.' A transverse slot 70 is alsoprovided in the upright main portion of the Y J preferably provides a rim locking lever 55 through ;-which extends the 1 end of a spiral tension spring. 71 said end hooking also through a register-ing hole '72 inthe raising lever which it fits more closely, whereby both of said levlers are normally drawn toward the record .75 engages under the feed nut and raises the same, releasing the locking lever, whereupon 'the tension in the spring 71 drawsboth levers toward the recordinto the po--.

sition shown in Fig. 1. Simultaneously with this movement of the levers the drum 15 and record are .returned toinitial position and to do this the'locking lever is provided at its top with a fork $6 slidably straddling the drum-carrying spindle 19 and ada ted to engage fiatwise against the inner en of the thread-bar 18, so that 'when the lever is drawn over by the spring said thread-bar,

with the attached drum, is slid outward or back to initial position. As the feed 'nut prevents movement of the locking lever afterenterin the shallow recess 57 thereof, thethreads r and drum are consequently prevented fromsliding back after being slid to initial position.

Simultaneous'with the return of the record to initial position it is desirable to raise the in Fig. 5.

and yet they can" swing inde ndently to a limited extent, see f Figs. Ian 2.

reproducer from off the record. Tothis end we pivot in a depending bracket TI from the top plate 91 01. the frame, a, bell-crank lever 5'8 with one arm 79 thereof extending downward and the other arm 80 extending toward the reproducer and carrying. the yoke 51 previously referred to the fingers of which engage in the undercut recess of the re producer. Obviously Ly swinging the bell crank lever 78 the reproducer maybe raised or lowered, and .we thus operate said bellcrank lever by a pin 81 on the raising lever 52 entering a slot 82 at the lower end of the bellrci'alik arm 79, so that as the raising lever 52.'is swung away from the record and the record starts to rotate, the reprodncer levers and the record are returned at the end oftl e reprtj duction thebell-crank 78 raises the reproducer out of engagement with the, record In order to provide means wherebyqthe record may be drawn off the drum and re; moved through a small aperture f SBQinthe side of the doll, we bore suitable diametrically opposite holes 84; in thehrimiofitlie drum throu h whieh'extend wires or hooks 85 having t eir inner ends 86, 86 extending radially of the drum outward from thecenend of the record, as shown Suitable outwardly open slots 87, 87 expose the holes .84, 84 parft way across the drum, in which the hooked" ends 86 may travel, and a bail 8 8 is secured to the outer ends of the wires 85 by which they may be pulled simultaneously, The hooked ends 86, 86 engaging the edge of the record will obviously draw the record olf the drum as far as the slots 87 will allow the wires to be pulled and it can then be grasped and readily withdrawn by the fingers of the ter to. overlie the operator. I 'In Figs. 6 to 10, inclusive, we have shown "1. catcher d etent 89 behind which the raisji'ng lever 52'and locking lever caught, and'hcld when the reproduction of, sound takes place, instead of held by the. feed nut as heretofore described. Said catch may be is pivoted as at 90 to a bracket 91 on .the side piece 10 of the frame and is held nor- 'mally depressed by a spring 92 here shown as a ,,leaf spring secured, to said side piece, an upper finger 93 of th top of the feed nut. A lower-finger 94. lies in the path of theraising lever 52' and the locking lever 55, so that when they are swung they catch behind saidlower finger 94 and are heldby it; When the feed nut.

is raised by the trip 75 on the drum, the upper finger 93 of the catch, overlying the feed nut, will cause the catch to be raised also and its lower finger 94 freed from the levers 52, 55 to allow them to return to initial position.

One of the leading features of our im-" 1S lowered with its stylus in engagement with the reco'fd. When the e catch resting .on

- to those skilled in the art ma tion is the use of the raising proved construction is that the threaded feed bar carrying the record drum extends only one side of said drum, so that records can be readily removed and put onto said drum from its other side. Because of this, the side or end of the drum away from the side iece 10 of the frame is fully exposed, the rralne being discontinued below and above the drum as clearly shown in the drawings. ords with respect to the drum is therefore greatly facilitated, and at the same time the action of the mechanism is not impaired, because'of the long bearing afforded by the hollow feed bar upon the spindle beneath.- Furthermore, perfect rotation of the drum is secured from the spindle at the same time it is permitted to slide on said spindle, by means of the slot and key connection between said parts. Obviously, a single slot or a plurality of them may be employed, and the key may vary suitable equivalents suggesting themselves be employed. our construe- Another leading feature 0 lever and locking lever together with means foroperating ing claims to be construed as what we claim is these by a single controlling lever, and throughthenr operating other parts such as the brake and reproducer lifter. It will be understood that various detail changes could be made in the construction and operation of these parts without departing from the spirit and scopeof our invention. In.

fact we do not wish to' be understood-as scriptive matter employed herein to illustrate our invention and intend the followbroadly as the state of the art will permit.

Having thus described the invention,

1, I11 a sound reproducing mechanism, the

combination'of a fixed axle having a free projecting end, a tubular spindle on said axle, an exteriofly threaded tubularfeed bar slidably keyed to said spindle, a drum on saidv feed bar, meansfor releasably re: taining said spindle for rotating said spindle. f I y .2. In a sound reproducing mechanisxmthe combination of a fixed axle, a tubular spindle rotatably mounted ,on said axle, a feed bar slidably keyed to said spindle, a drum on said feed bar, aadmeans, for actuating said spindle and feedbaix' 3. In a sound reproducing mechanism,the

, combination of a spindle having ,a tree proie hs against longitudinal movement, means for end, means for holding said spindle rotating saidspindle, a drum rotatably last on sa dgsp ndlc, means between said drum and the supported end of the spindle for longitudinally on the sliding said drum for'l1old1ng said slidlng spindle, and means Removal and replacing of recin form, or other on said axle, and means" feed nut normally "engagin means out of engagement during rotation of said spindle.

4. In a sound reproducing mechanism, the combination with a threaded feed bar, of a feed nut pivoted to swing transversely of said feed bar, a spring normally holding said feed nut in engagement with the feed bar, a drum on said feed bar,'.a trip on said drum adapted to disengage the feed nut, means for automatically:locking'said feed nut in disengaged position, and means for releasing said'lockin'g means.

5. In a sound reproducing mechanism, the combination of a motor, a brake Wheel, and a; threaded feed bar adapted to be driven by said motor, of a member pivoted to swing transversely of said feedbar forming at one end a feed nut to engage said feed bar and at its other end having a brake to engage said brake Wheel, a spring normally holding said feed nut in engagement with the feed bar and said brake disengaged from the brake wheel, means for automatically disengaging said ieed nut and, engaging the brake, and means fOrrele'aAing said parts.

6. In a sound reproducing mechanism, the

combination with a threaded feed bar, of

a feed nut normallyengaging said feedbar;

a spring controlledlockinglever adapted to automatically Ehpld said feed nut -1n released position, assent for holding said lever out of engagement with the feed nut,

means rotated bylthe ,feed bar" for automatically releasing the feed nut and detent,

and means for swinging thelockin'g lever E0 again engage the feed nutwi tli the feed ar. i

7. In a sound reproducing mechanisrn j the combination bffa threaded feed bar; a feed' nut normally engaging said-feed bar, means for automatically releasing saidfeed nut from the feed: bar, a lecking'ilever having a stepped end adapted to lock with the feed nut either' engaged with or released from thefeed bar, a raising leveradapted to release the locking lever, and a -single controlling leverfoi operating both said'locking Zleyerand raising lever; I

I ""8. In a sound reproducing mechanism, the combination of a threaded feed bar, a feed jnut normally engaging said feed bar, means for automaticallyreleasing-said feed nut from the feed bar, a' locking lever f'orholding said nut released, a raising lever for releasing said locking lever whereby it may be swung to allow the feednut to engage. the feed bar, and a controlling lever for operating both said lockinglever-nnd raising lever; i?

9. In a sound refn'oducing'mechanism, the

combination with-a thread d teed bar, a

means or automatically relea's nut from the feed bar, a bellso lev e r f or holding said nut relea d notifier raising lever at the side oft said lock- :ing' lever, for releasing the samemhereby said leversimay he swung to allowthe feed nut to engage the feed bar, said locking lever and 'raising lever having i'operat-ing arms arranged side byeide,v and control-- ling'jlever connected to said operating armsof said'locking and raising levers away,

from their arms next, the feed nut; 10. In a sound reproducing .mechanism,

"the combination with a threaded feedy'bar, a feed nut normally engaging saidiffeed bar, means for automatically releasingisaijd feed nut from. the feed bar, a locking lever for holding. said'ieednut. released from the feed bar, a raising lever upon the same fulcrum with' said lpcking lever and adapted to release the same whereby said levers may be; swung to admit engagement of the feed nut with the feed bar, a controlling lever,

[and a connecting pin extending through said controlling lever and locking and raising levers, said pin having more ljost motion with respect to one of said last-mentioned levers than the other.

l1.'In a sound reproducin mechanism, the combination with a threaded feed bar, a feed nut normally-engaging said feed bar, means for automatically releasingsaid feed nut. from thefeed bar, a locking lever for holding said feed nut released from the feed ban-a .raising lever upon the same fulcrum with said locking lever and'adapted to release the same whereby said locking lever may be swung to admit engagement of the feednutwith the feed bar, a controlling lever, a connecting pin extending through said controlling lever and locking and raising levers, said pin having more lostmotion with respect to one of said last-mentioned levers than the other, and aspring for hold I ing said levers in normal position, the same 7 lever which has more lost motion with re'- spect. to the controlling lever having also more lost-motion with respect to said spring, v=12. In a. sound reproducing mechanism,

the combination with a threaded feed bar,

of afeed ,nut normally engaging saidfeed v bar,fmeans for automatically releasing said feedgn'ut, means for automatically locking said -'feed;-n'ut in released position, a raising leverfor disengaging said locking lever, and means 'operatedhy the movement of said jlcversfor raising and tlowering the reproducerwith respect to the record.

' 13. In a sound reproducing mechanism, the combinat-jion, of a threaded feed bar adapted to slide longitudinally of itself, a

feed-"nut held against movement longitudi- (i0:

nall'y" of said feed bar,.means for yieldingly ,holding. said feed nut in engagement with said feed bar, a raising lever for lifting said feed nut away from said feed bar, a

.Ilocking lever for holding said feednut position to keep the feed nut away from the feed bar and means adapted by a single movement of itself to operate both said levers and engage the feed nut with the feed bar.

WILLIAM ROTTER. RICHARD S. ARTHUR.

' Witnesses:

' HQWARD P. KING, JANET AeAynnsr 

